Week 16

Hello everybody! hope you all had a blessed week. this week here was super great! we started with a very busy schedule. We met a nice guy last week who invited us into his house and we discussed the plan of salvation a little bit. we left a pamphlet with him to read. We came back this tuesday to talk about it more. He said he really enjoyed the message, but had a question about this Joseph Smith guy! well.... the pamphlet doesn't mention Joseph Smith at all, so we knew he's heard about the church! so we jumped into the restoration of Jesus Christs' church and introduced the Book of Mormon. he tried to tell us that it was written by Joseph Smith, se we read a couple verses with him. Let me tell you, this turned a potentially bashing situation into a spiritual moment for us. he actually understood that it is another testament of Jesus Christ, which was pretty great to see. he really had no more questions for us and committed to read it. great.

         besides this everyone else that we are teaching are doing great! this sunday was very busy and amazing! we had two baptisms, one for Lonwabo and for Banele. I'd love to share a little bit about these two: First, Banele. He is an amazing ten year old who loves coming to church! every single week he comes he has his Book of Mormon in his hand. We asked him to share his testimony after he was baptized and I was so happy when he did! In his testimony he asked if he could read a verse form the book of mormon. He shared a verse in Ether chapter 3 that talks about the brother of Jared challenging the Lord to touch stones and make them shine. He talked about faith and how the book of Mormon is true. This kid is 10 and is so powerful! I remember my first week here, I met him and he asked me for a chapter to read, and I told him that he would like Ether 3 and 4 as it talks about crossing the ocean. Telling him this did not seem like a big deal to me, but to him it was a huge deal! This helped me remember that every thing we do might have an impact on someone else. 

     And then there is Lonwabo! the first time we met her was at the temple! she was excited to perform baptisms in the temple, but hasn't been baptized! she is very powerful. She always attends church with her papa and basically knew everything that we talked about! she has a great spirit and was so excited for her baptism. she shared a great testimony and is looking forward to the temple!

     other than that we had two of our recent converts get the Aaronic priesthood also! I am so proud of them and all that they have done to change their lives. Other than that the week has been pretty normal. So happy that South Africa won the Rugby World Cup!!!!! imagine the super bowl.... but against the whole world. that's what it is. super super dope. Kwa-Thema is crazy, always different and crazy people. love you all!

 

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